Abstract

CORREIA, Antonio Carlos. MEDICALIZATION OF PEDAGOGY: MEDICAL DISCOURSES IN THE FORMATION OF THE PEDAGOGICAL DISCOURSE AND TEXTBOOKS OF TEACHERS TRAINING IN PORTUGAL (XIX-XX CENTURIES). Hist. Educ. [online]. 2019, vol.23, e93209.  Epub Nov 06, 2019. ISSN 2236-3459.  https://doi.org/10.1590/2236-3459/93209.

The article reconstitutes the modalities through which doctor’s contribution was crucial for the structuring of the pedagogical discourse throughout the consolidation process of the primary school in Portugal, between the years of 1890 and 1930. I therefore argue that medical discourse assuming its scientific character about the child naturalized the current graded school model therefore hiding his socially constructed nature. I’m seeking out new avenues to be later deepened about the possibility of the reinvention of the School under new scientific foundations.

Keywords : history of education; pedagogical discourse; physicians; teachers training pedagogical books; resistance to change.

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